Romans 5:5 (NIV).
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.......
Thoughts on This Verse...
Hope has become such a''wimpy'' term in modern vocabulary. It hardly qualifies as an adequate translation of the meaning in most New Testament passages.
Hope is the assurance that what we believe will happen. We could call it spiritual confidence. We have that spiritual confidence because more than just a wish, more than just an emotion, more than just a belief rests in our hearts; God himself lives in us through his Holy Spirit.
When we become Christians,
Jesus pours out the Spirit upon us (Titus 3:3-7)
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
as God's gift to us (Acts 2:38;
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
5:32)
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
to cleanse us (1 Cor. 6:11),
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
make us part of the same Body (1 Cor. 12:12-13),
2 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[a]one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
and live inside us (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
Paul adds one more thing to that list of blessings from God's presence within us -- God's love.
We don't just have it; God keeps refreshing it through the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus had promised (John 7:37-39).
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.......
Thoughts on This Verse...
Hope has become such a''wimpy'' term in modern vocabulary. It hardly qualifies as an adequate translation of the meaning in most New Testament passages.
Hope is the assurance that what we believe will happen. We could call it spiritual confidence. We have that spiritual confidence because more than just a wish, more than just an emotion, more than just a belief rests in our hearts; God himself lives in us through his Holy Spirit.
When we become Christians,
Jesus pours out the Spirit upon us (Titus 3:3-7)
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
as God's gift to us (Acts 2:38;
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
5:32)
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
to cleanse us (1 Cor. 6:11),
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
make us part of the same Body (1 Cor. 12:12-13),
2 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[a]one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
and live inside us (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
Paul adds one more thing to that list of blessings from God's presence within us -- God's love.
We don't just have it; God keeps refreshing it through the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus had promised (John 7:37-39).
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
